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Show Butter's Stolen Fee. Tho lata Hon. Joseph Q. Hoyt, formerly for-merly ot Boston, whon a lad attended a circus nnd his silver watch was stolen. Tho supposed thief was arrested, ar-rested, and was defended by Benjamin Benja-min F. Hutlor, who proved ho did not tako tho watch, and never was at the circus. During tho civil war Hoyt was Introduced In-troduced to Butler at a dinner at the Astor houso. In New York, and tho latter remarked: "This Is tho first tlmo I havo had tho pleasuro of meeting meet-ing you." "Oh, no!" said Hoyt, who thon related re-lated tho circus Incident. "Was that you, Hoyt?" askod Butler, But-ler, nnd, being answered In the af-i flrmatlvc, Butler laughed and said: "That was nn awful good watch,. Hoyt. That Is all I got for dofendlng tho thief." |